3 Rural Hospital Challenges and Solutions in the Brave New World of Value
Artesia General Hospital is tackling common rural health challenges by developing new relationships with established regional providers and supporting clinician EHR concerns with an end-user feedback program.
Using dashboards to improve productivity
Whether implementing dashboard software or developing dashboards manually, organizational culture, audience size, and customization are critical to success.
Top 5 Factors Essential for Pharmacy Revenue Integrity
Maintaining pharmacy revenue integrity requires accurate, longitudinal data; physicians who understand how their prescribing decisions affect revenue integrity; and real-time data. With that information, finance leaders can determine the ROI of various drugs.
Contracting for Primary Care and Value Improves Patient Outcomes and Lowers Costs
Humana offers primary care practices four types of value-based contracts, but also customizes plans that emphasize population health or other initiatives.
Healthcare Sector Awaits Regulatory Reform
Two actions that minimize the impact of federal agency guidance documents concern some healthcare experts. Although these changes do not apply directly to healthcare regulatory agencies, government litigators could use them to determine the relevance of HHS or CMS guidance.
Another Hospital Loses a Tax Case
As lawmakers scrutinize the definition of “charitable” organizations, a recent case involving the timing of taxation of a hospital reclassified as for-profit illustrates the point.
NLRB Asks for Public Input on 2014 Election Rule
NLRB is requesting public comment on union election regulations.
BPCI Advanced Improves Care, Physician Alignment, and Revenue
A healthcare thought leader explains how hospitals can generate savings, improve clinical care, and foster physician alignment by participating in BPCI Advanced.
Developing a Specialty Medical Home Contract
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center gastroenterologists have teamed with UPMC Health Plan to develop a specialty medical home contract for patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
3 Key Disciplines for Productive Denials Management
Tracking trends, categorizing denials by code, and implementing root cause analysis processes are actions that provide steady progress toward denial management.